MEDICARE SURVEY IN PROGRESS

Some Medicare beneficiaries may be contacted as part of an ongoing study called the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS). The federal government contracts with the University of Chicago, a respected social science research organization, to conduct the study...

Remote Patient Monitoring Fraud Scheme

HHS-OIG is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving monthly billing for remote patient monitoring (RPM) that involves signing up #Medicare enrollees for RPM. Read more: https://direc.to/fgBB This fraud scheme involves unsolicited contact to set up monthly...

CMS learned of a MAXIMUS breach effecting 407,000 beneficiaries. 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: CMS learned of a MAXIMUS breach effecting 407,000 beneficiaries.  Impacted beneficiaries will be issued a new Medicare number accompanied by a letter.  (View HERE) The letter asks beneficiaries to: begin using the new Medicare number on December...

Genetic testing lab owner convicted in $463M Medicare fraud case

By Frank Diamond Dec 15, 2022 03:50pm; Fiercehealthcare.com The owner of a genetic testing lab was convicted Dec. 14 in a scheme that involved calling Medicare recipients and telling them that they were covered for expensive tests. (Pixaby) In a development in what’s...

Gov. Hochul to sign bills cracking down on invasive robocalls

By Bernadette Hogan November 8, 2021 10:26am Updated Gov. Kathy Hochul is poised to sign a pair of bills Monday that will require phone companies to block and screen unwanted calls, The Post has learned. “New Yorkers are fed up with annoying, predatory robocalls, and...